mason wasp

English

Noun

mason wasp (plural mason wasps)

1. A potter wasp.
   • 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 383:

     Crabbe continued to lie, eyes slowly following the questing flight of a mason-wasp, flat on his back, hands folded.

2. A wasp of species Pison spinolae, of New Zealand.

Derived terms

• New Zealand mason wasp (Pison spinolae)

Translations

potter wasp — see potter wasp

New Zealand mason wasp

• Maori: please add this translation if you can